Telecommunications Flying Unit memorial
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Telecommunications Flying Unit memorial
Image: © Bob Embleton Taken: 3 Sep 2010
In Church Lane, north of the churchyard. The Telecommunications Flying Unit (later called the Radar Research Flying Unit) flew from Defford Airfield from 1941 to 1957, for the Malvern radar scientists. Radar Research moved to the safe haven of Malvern in May 1942 and has evolved over the years into Qinetiq. This monument, unveiled by Sir Bernard Lovell on Tuesday 10th September 2002, is dedicated to the RAF and civilian personnel who lost their lives in the furtherance of radar research. In the 1950s the Defford Airfield was found to be too small for the V bombers so radar flight testing moved to Pershore Airfield. http://www.doramusic.com/defford.htm Image Image
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